I buy the Radio Times every week of the year - never any of the other listings magazines, though, always Radio Times. The reason: the cast lists and credits. I like to know who is playing/directing what and where - both on TV and Radio. I also like to have the cast list in front of me to refer to during a show.

As far as the Christmas/New Year TV was concerned, I did enjoy watching the nostalgic "Bill Cotton" night and the "University Challenge" night on BBC2. I felt a bit let down by the documentaries about the Cathar group reincarnation and the Glastonbury automatic writing. I remember seeing a much more informative programme about that Cathar group years ago. It seems these days that the programme-makers go so much more for photographic trickery and fewer and fewer actual facts/discussions....ah well....

The most interesting programme I saw over the Christmas/New Year was the one about the psychologist David Allison from Cambridge successfully helping people to overcome their phobias. It was fascinating, and marvellous to see their joy at being freed from their fears. Did anyone else see this ?

This coming week, I'm looking forward very much to the daily dramatisation of "The Diary of Anne Frank" on BBC1.

- jeanie